The United Nations Security Council recently approved a new sanctions resolution to punish the rogue North Korean regime for its earlier test of a suspected staged thermonuclear weapon, which the North intends to mount on its intercontinental ballistic missile. [Artigo completo...]

He is in NY to attend the U.N. General Assembly . Hours later, Kim's foreign minister told reporters in NY that Pyongyang could launch a nuclear missile test in response. In an escalation of the war of words between the United States and North Korea, Trump sent a pre-dawn tweet Friday saying, "Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his peopl... [Artigo completo...]

Survivors include a daughter, Alia. Akef, who headed the Brotherhood as the group's so-called supreme guide from 2004 to 2010, was diagnosed with cancer previous year. The group was accused of targeting President Gamal Abdel-Nasser in a failed assassination attempt, setting the stage for a heavy security crackdown and Akef was imprisoned from 1954 until 1974. [Artigo completo...]

The Russian warning underscored growing tensions over Syria between Moscow and Washington. Following its operations against terrorists of the Islamic State or Daesh, government forces began demining villages to prevent the civilian population from being affected by the explosives that sowed the extremists before their retreat. [Artigo completo...]

Oberbank, Austria's seventh-biggest bank, with a balance sheet of roughly 20 billion euros ($24 billion), signed the deal at its headquarters in Linz along with representatives from Iran's central bank and the Finance Ministry. According to the CEO, export credit guarantees covering 99% of a project's volume will be provided by the Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB), the main Austrian body that ... [Artigo completo...]

Yingluck's disappearance did not become widely known until she failed to show up at the Supreme Court on August 25 to hear the verdict in a malfeasance trial stemming from an agricultural subsidy implemented by her government. "The three police officers who were interrogated last night gave useful information on the case", said Deputy National Police chief Gen Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul to repo... [Artigo completo...]

Irma , for instance, had the strongest recorded winds of any hurricane to form in the open Atlantic. Just past year, Atlantic Hurricane Otto made landfall in Nicaragua and re-emerged in the Pacific as a tropical storm. It has regained strength back to winds of 125 miles per hour, but some slow weakening is expected with time as it encounters strong winds aloft (wind shear). [Artigo completo...]

While the library isn't attempting to collect late fees on the book, staff estimate the cost of a book 78 years overdue at $2,800. The Attleboro Public Library posted on its Facebook page Thursday pictures of a copy of "The Young Lady at Home", by T.S. [Artigo completo...]

Estimates of damage in Puerto Rico could hit $30 billion, according to Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler at Enki Research, as reported by the Washington Post . Jimenez says she has been through a category two hurricane and that was devastating. The Coast Guard in Miami received an alert and a distress call stating that the boat - the Ferrel - was disabled and adrift in 20ft (6m) waves and 99mph ... [Artigo completo...]

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call in reference to a robbery at Capital City Bank located at SR 50 and Sunshine Grove Road. They later found the suspect hiding out in his getaway vehicle behind Bayfront Health Hospital. [Artigo completo...]

One of the moles, Alejandro Méndez, told the Wall Street Journal that his group had rescued more than 10 people from two collapsed buildings in a southern suburb of Mexico City . Where can people donate to help those in need? Bishop Ramon Castro of Cuernavaca has been touring the hardest-hit towns of Morelos. The pair have put aside their differences in the wake of such a disaster, Cruz sai... [Artigo completo...]

We need an intelligent debate on all potential answers to these questions, not more chest-pounding and posturing. A week ago, the 15-member U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted its ninth sanctions resolution since 2006 over North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. [Artigo completo...]

Standard & Poor's downgraded its rating on China, saying the country's strong economic growth has been fueled by heavy borrowing and that it expects that borrowing to continue. The Chinese government is seeking to paint a rosy picture of the economy after the dark days of late 2015 and early 2016, when it was seen as a source of risk globally following missteps by Beijing in managing a stock marke... [Artigo completo...]

The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun and check up on relatives and neighbors. [Artigo completo...]